1/15/08
dipping my toe into the pool
we began a discussion yesterday about digital authorship and blogging. in the new york times "books" section this morning was the headline "A Romance Novelist Is Accused of Copying". this author plagiarized large sections of her novels and is the subject of a blog which, i believe, exposed her. the blog is smartbitchestrashybooks.com. i think this article ties in nicely with our discussion last night regarding authorship, copyright laws, and the influence of the internet on the author and text. - anna
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regarding my own post about the romance author who cheated.i was excited to blog and didn't read the instructions! i feel silly! i forgot that no one in our class has extra sensory perception!
what i wanted to say - was - that i find it interesting that an author who produces printed text was brought down by bloggers who support that specific type of material. we were discussing in class the implicit authority of the author in the years before the internet is what it is today. the internet has modified the relationship between author and reader. now the audience is equal to the author. now the audience can confront, challenge, and affect the author.
the queen has been toppled from her throne.
that's it! - anna
Thanks, Anna, that was interesting reading. I like the way you tie in the author/reader relationship and certainly this author wasn't banking on anyone reading a 1902 text. This looks like outright plagiarism (to me, anyway), but I find it interesting that there is leeway (a loophole?) of using previously written works to aid in the production of a new work. Does anyone know about historical fiction enough to say whether one "must cite" any and all information that is not put forth as an original authorial thought? It sounded to me like the trashy b*****s just sort of "like" the idea because "some authors" do include the materials their historical fictions are based on/around. Look at me--ready to "confront, challenge" :)
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